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Nikon D4S and Lexar CF Card Problems

March 18, 2014 By Eric Reagan

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Nikon has posted a knowledgebase article highlighting a problem with certain batches of Lexar 400x and 1000x CF cards when used with the Nikon D4S.

Below you will find Nikon’s instructions on identifying the cards and getting replacements. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Nikon Tagged With: cf, compact flash, lexar, memory card, Nikon

 

Lexar Unveils 512GB 800x and 256GB Professional 1066x CF Cards

January 7, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Lexar Pro 512GB 800x CF Card

Lexar announced three new cards in its Professional lineup at CES 2014 today. The 512GB 800x CF card is the first CF card to reach this capacity. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: CES 2014, cf, compact flash, lexar, memory cards

SanDisk’s New 120MB/s Extreme CF Cards are Shipping

October 23, 2013 By Eric Reagan

SanDisk Extreme CF 120MBs

SanDisk has a bevy of new 120MB/s CF cards with UDMA Mode 7 compatibility. They range in capacity from 16GB to 128GB, priced from $55 to $300. Check them all out here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: sandisk Tagged With: cf, compact flash, Extreme, memory card, sandisk

SanDisk Unveils 256GB Extreme Pro CF Card

September 12, 2013 By Eric Reagan

SanDisk Extreme Pro 256GB CF

SanDisk has released a new 256GB Extreme Pro CF card with minimum sustained write speeds of 65MB/s and max write speeds up to 140MB/s. Read speeds max out at 160MB/s.

The cards are UDMA Mode 7 compliant for fast buffer clearance on supported cameras. SanDisk touts the new high-capacity card as optimized for 4K video capture, which is further highlighted by the VPG-65 specification (i.e., min. sustained write speed of 65MB/s). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: 4k, cf, cf card, compact flash, extreme pro, sandisk

Kingston USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader

August 2, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Kingston Media Reader USB 3.0

Kingston has joined the ranks of USRobotics and Lexar with its launch of a new USB 3.0 memory card reader that transfers data among CF, SD, microSD, and Memory Stick formats.  The new card reader should be available soon at an initial retail price of $45.00. Check availability on Amazon.com.

For those unfamiliar with USB 3.0, it’s much faster than USB 2.0 and even FireWire. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: card reader, cf card, compact flash, kingston, memory card reader, memory stick, microSD, sd, usb 3.0

USRobotics USB 3.0 All-in-One Card Reader

July 16, 2011 By Eric Reagan

USRobotics USB 3.0 Card Reader

USRobotics has a new USB 3.0 all-in-one card reader, which gives you faster transfer speeds for all of the popular memory card formats. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: card reader, cf card, compact flash, memory card, memory stick, sd card, usb 3.0, USRobotics

New Compact Flash Specs Proposed by Sony, Nikon, SanDisk

November 30, 2010 By Eric Reagan

SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB CF Card

The future of camera memory cards may be a new CF card that offers transfer rates of 500 MB/sec and capacity in excess of 2 TB. The development of these proposed specifications were announced today as part of a joint effort among Sony, Nikon and SanDisk.

Nikon, SanDisk and Sony have submitted these high-powered specs to the CompactFlash Association in hopes of a future standardization of the format.  The new card specifications are based on a PCI Express interface (in order to achieve a 500 MB/sec transfer rate) instead of the Parallel ATA interface used in current generation cards.

According to the statement issued by SanDisk, Sony and Nikon, the new cards will be similar in size to existing CF cards.  Hopefully, that also serves as a hint that the new cards will do away with the pins inside camera, which are so susceptible to being bent.

Complete details of the announcement are below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: cf, cfa, compact flash, compactflash, digital cameras, dslr, Nikon, photography, sandisk, Sony

Lexar Professional 600x and 300x 32GB CF Cards Now Available

April 29, 2010 By Eric Reagan

Lexar has announced the availability of its recently-introduced 600x and 300x 32GB CF cards, as well as its Professional ExpressCard CF reader.  The 600x CF cards are guaranteed to provide minimum sustained write speed capability of 90MB/s and the ExpressCard reader supports up to 133MB/s read/write speeds. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: cf cards, compact flash, digital cameras, dslr, lexar, memory cards, photography

New Lexar Products at CES 2010

January 8, 2010 By Eric Reagan

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Lexar announced a number of new additions to its product lineup at CES 2010.

Lexar added a 32GB capacity to its 300x Professional series of CF cards.  Additionally, 16GB and 32GB capacities have been added to the 233x CF Pro series.

Lexar’s biggest buzzing product was a new Echo drive series, which are small USB drives that can be set to back up specific files or folders.  During a product demo, I saw the utility of how these drives can help photographers working in the field.  These drives can be used to automate the backup portion of your workflow, which helps speed things up when you’re out in the field.

Lexar Echo ZE

As you can see from the above shot of the Echo ZE, Lexar has managed to fit 32GB into a tiny form factor.  The Lexar Echo SE drive is bigger, more like a normal-sized USB stick; however, according to Lexar, it is much faster.

More details about the Lexar Echo drives in the press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ces, ces 2010, ces2010, cf, cf card, compact flash, digital cameras, echo drive, echo se, echo ze, lexar, photography

Transcend 400x CF Cards

November 16, 2009 By Eric Reagan

Transcend 400x CF Cards

Transcend has introduced its latest line of speedy CF cards with a 400x speed rating.  The cards come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flavors and are capable of theoretical transfer rates as up to 90MB/s read and 60MB/s write speeds.  The 400x label isn’t quite as speedy as we see in the latest SanDisk, Lexar and Photofast cards, but it’s still pretty darn quick and will require the latest UDMA mode 6 capable DSLRs to take full advantage of their speed.

Check availability on Amazon.com.

More details in the press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: compact flash, memory cards, transcend

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